2023–24 Scottish Professional Football League

Scottish Professional Football League
Season	2023–24
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Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in season 2023–24.

Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	29	6	3	95	30	+65	93	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Rangers	38	27	4	7	87	32	+55	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	8	10	54	42	+12	68	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
4	Kilmarnock	38	14	14	10	46	44	+2	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	St Mirren	38	13	8	17	46	52	−6	47	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Dundee	38	10	12	16	49	68	−19	42

7	Aberdeen	38	12	12	14	48	52	−4	48
8	Hibernian	38	11	13	14	52	59	−7	46
9	Motherwell	38	10	13	15	56	59	−3	43
10	St Johnstone	38	8	11	19	29	54	−25	35
11	Ross County (O)	38	8	11	19	38	67	−29	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Livingston (R)	38	5	10	23	29	70	−41	25	Relegation to the Championship

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ As the winners of the 2023–24 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for the Champions League, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passed to the third-placed team. The berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round were passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Scottish Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United (C, P)	36	22	9	5	73	23	+50	75	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	36	20	9	7	58	42	+16	69	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Partick Thistle	36	14	13	9	63	54	+9	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Airdrieonians	36	15	7	14	44	44	0	52	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	9	15	43	46	−3	45
6	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	12	13	43	48	−5	45
7	Ayr United	36	12	8	16	53	61	−8	44
8	Queen's Park	36	11	10	15	50	56	−6	43
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	36	10	12	14	41	40	+1	42	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Arbroath (R)	36	6	5	25	35	89	−54	23	Relegation to League One

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Falkirk (C, P)	36	27	9	0	96	28	+68	90	Promotion to the Championship
2	Hamilton Academical (O, P)	36	22	8	6	73	28	+45	74	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Alloa Athletic	36	16	8	12	60	55	+5	56
4	Montrose	36	15	8	13	58	57	+1	53
5	Cove Rangers	36	14	7	15	58	63	−5	49
6	Kelty Hearts	36	12	8	16	48	63	−15	44
7	Queen of the South	36	11	8	17	46	53	−7	41
8	Annan Athletic	36	9	12	15	55	68	−13	39
9	Stirling Albion (R)	36	10	9	17	39	58	−19	39	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Edinburgh City (R)	36	3	5	28	38	98	−60	8^[a]	Relegation to League Two

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[8]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ On 25 January 2024, Edinburgh City were deducted 6 points, having failed to pay its players’ wages on time and defaulting its tax obligations to HMRC, as well as not engaging fully in the disciplinary process leading to further breaches of SPFL Rules.^[6]

Scottish League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stenhousemuir (C, P)	36	18	14	4	50	31	+19	68	Promotion to League One
2	Peterhead	36	16	12	8	58	39	+19	60	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	The Spartans	36	15	13	8	53	43	+10	58
4	Dumbarton (O, P)	36	16	9	11	56	44	+12	57
5	East Fife	36	11	11	14	46	47	−1	44
6	Forfar Athletic	36	9	15	12	38	45	−7	42
7	Elgin City	36	10	10	16	35	59	−24	40
8	Bonnyrigg Rose	36	9	12	15	47	48	−1	39
9	Clyde	36	9	11	16	46	58	−12	38
10	Stranraer (O)	36	9	9	18	38	53	−15	36	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[10]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Award winners

Yearly

Monthly

Month	Premiership player	Championship player	League One player	League Two player	Premiership manager	Championship manager	League One manager	League Two manager	Ref
August	Ryan Strain (St Mirren)	Ruari Paton (Queen's Park)	Jamie Smith (Hamilton Academical)	Jamie Dishington (The Spartans)	Stephen Robinson (St Mirren)	Robin Veldman Queen's Park	John Rankin (Hamilton Academical)	Douglas Samuel (The Spartans)
September	Matt O'Riley (Celtic)	Jermaine Hylton (Arbroath)	Callumn Morrison (Falkirk)	Gregor Buchanan (Stenhousemuir)	Brendan Rodgers (Celtic)	Jim Goodwin (Dundee United)	John McGlynn (Falkirk)	Gary Naysmith (Stenhousemuir)	^[11]^[12]
October	Abdallah Sima (Rangers)	Kai Fotheringham (Dundee United)	Kyle Macdonald (Hamilton Accies)	Bradley Whyte (Spartans)	Derek McInnes (Kilmarnock)	Jim Goodwin (Dundee United)	John McGlynn (Falkirk)	Douglas Samuel (Spartans)
November	Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian)				Steven Naismith (Heart of Midlothian)				^[13]
December	Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian)				Derek McInnes (Kilmarnock)
January	Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian)				Philippe Clement (Rangers)				^[14]^[15]
February	Blair Spittal (Motherwell)	Dom Thomas (Queens Park)	Taylor Steven (Alloa)	Martin Rennie (Clyde)	Philippe Clement (Rangers)	Dougie Imrie (Morton)	Andy Graham(Alloa Athletic)	Ray McKinnon (Forfar)	^[16]
March
April		Brian Graham (Partick Thistle)	Aiden Smith (Annan)	Bradley Barrett (Bonnyrigg Rose)	Brendan Rodgers (Celtic)	Jim Goodwin (Dundee Utd)		Stevie Farrell (Dumbarton)